Property Maintenance
Drain Unblocking & Drainage Services
Guardian Edge clears blocked drains across the UK and investigates why they blocked — high-pressure jetting, CCTV drainage surveys, root cutting, repairs and relining — because a drain that blocks three times a year usually has a defect rather than a usage problem.
Cleared today, CCTV surveyed, and the recurring blockage explained.
Who this is for
- Managing agents and property managers
- Commercial premises, particularly food and hospitality
- Landlords and letting agents
- Facilities managers with yard and surface water drainage
Problems it solves
- A drain is backing up and a property is flooding
- The same blockage returns every few months
- Nobody knows where the drain runs or who owns which section
- A surveyor's report has flagged drainage defects with no detail
What Guardian Edge provides
Our drain unblocking scope
What we provide
- 24-hour emergency drain clearance
- High-pressure water jetting and mechanical clearance
- CCTV drainage surveys with a recorded report and plan
- Root cutting and removal
- Drain repair, patch lining and full relining
- Excavation and replacement where lining is not viable
- Grease trap servicing and preventative maintenance for commercial kitchens
Typical scope
- Foul and surface water drainage
- Domestic, commercial, industrial and yard drainage
- Private drains and lateral drains up to the sewer connection
Before we price anything
Inspection & survey process
- 01
Clear first, diagnose second
The immediate problem is stopped, then the cause is investigated rather than left for next time.
- 02
CCTV survey where blockages recur
Recorded footage with defect coding and a drainage plan, so you own the information afterwards.
On site
How the work is delivered
- 01
Attend and clear
Jetting or mechanical clearance, with the site left clean.
- 02
Investigate
Camera survey to locate defects, root ingress, displaced joints or collapses.
- 03
Repair properly
Patch repair, lining or excavation, quoted with the survey so you are not guessing.
Compliance
What the rules actually require
- Since 2011, most lateral drains and private sewers in England and Wales transferred to the water and sewerage companies. Establishing ownership before excavating can avoid an unnecessary cost.
- Trade effluent and food waste discharges are regulated, and commercial kitchens generally require grease management.
- Confined space entry is subject to the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 and is not undertaken without the appropriate procedures.
Standards & legislation
These are not all the same kind of obligation, and we do not present them as if they were. A statutory duty is law. A British Standard is the recognised way of demonstrating you have met one. Guidance and our own recommendations are neither.
- Legal requirementConfined Spaces Regulations 1997
Working in confined spaces
Applies to entry into chambers, tanks and sewers.
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Ongoing support
Planned, reactive and multi-site.
Most providers do one of these well. The value of a single provider is that the schedule, the emergency and the portfolio all sit in the same place.
Planned maintenance
- Scheduled preventative jetting on sites with known problems
- Grease trap servicing on a fixed cycle for food premises
- Gutter and surface water drainage clearance before winter
Reactive support
- 24-hour emergency clearance
- Same-day attendance where a property is flooding
Multi-site & national portfolios
- One drainage contractor with consistent survey reporting across the estate
Procurement, simplified
What happens next?
- 01
Tell us what you need
One form, one call or one email. A photograph or an existing report is enough to start.
- 02
We assess the requirement
We confirm scope, access, and whether a site survey is needed before anything is priced.
- 03
You receive a clear quotation
Itemised, with what is included and what is not. No provisional sums that move later.
- 04
We arrange attendance
A confirmed date and window, with the engineer or trade named in advance.
- 05
Works are completed
Carried out by directly managed engineers or vetted specialist subcontractors.
- 06
Evidence is supplied
Certification, test records and photographic evidence where the work calls for it.
Related services
Sectors we support
Other disciplines
Locations covered
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Ards and North Down
- Argyll and Bute
- Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon
- Barnsley
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bedford
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Blaenau Gwent
- Borough of Bolton
- Borough of Bury
- Borough of Halton
- Borough of Oldham
- Borough of Rochdale
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Get a quotation for drain unblocking.
One form, one call or one email. A photograph or an existing report is enough for us to start — and we will tell you plainly whether a site survey is needed before anything is priced.